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Hellobee Boards Topic: If you went into labor naturally with your first…. https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 15:45:49 +0000 winniebee on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1514311 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:57:58 +0000 winniebee 1514311@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mae: went to the hospital at 6 pm and was ready to push at 4 am but midwife was in another labor - started pushing at 6 baby was born at 614 am AmandaB8 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1514308 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:55:04 +0000 AmandaB8 1514308@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Contractions started at 4 am, but they didn't hurt much until 9 am. She was born at 12:23 pm. bookwormmama on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1514243 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:12:26 +0000 bookwormmama 1514243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 24 hours from when my water broke to when he was born via c section. I think it would have been MUCH longer if I hadn't had a c section because my contractions slowed down and he couldn't handle contractions on pitocin. Although I did hit 6 cm dilated by the time I went into the OR so maybe if my contractions had been better he would have come sooner... LittleFox on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1514219 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 14:51:27 +0000 LittleFox 1514219@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Around 36 hours. Beebug on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1514012 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:34:06 +0000 Beebug 1514012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Early labour started 7pm Thursday night. Active labour began 4pm Friday afternoon. Went to hosp 8:30pm Friday. Epi 11pm Friday night. Water broken by doc 1am Saturday morning. Pushing 5:30/6am, born 7:46am Saturday morning. About 37 hours early + active. 15 gruelling until epi hours of active! Definitely hoping number two is quicker!!! catlady on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513981 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:04:52 +0000 catlady 1513981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 8 or 9 hrs from when my water broke. lemondrop on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513965 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:54:18 +0000 lemondrop 1513965@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just under 8 hours both times from active labor to babies out. I had no idea real labor was happening until things really got going- water breaking for #1 and #2 I got admitted to be induced and real contractions started right after. PinkElephant on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513797 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:15:09 +0000 PinkElephant 1513797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I went into labor naturally (water broke and had some contractions) at 11pm on a Tuesday. I was instructed to come in around 5 the next morning, but my contractions had all but stopped at that point and wouldn't restart on their own. I was induced with an epidural around 10:30 am, and baby girl was born just after 3 PM...about 20 mins after they realized the trainee nurse never have me a catheter and my full bladder was preventing her from coming down, the birth canal. So about 15 from when my water broke, maybe 5 hrs of serious contractions, and about 15 minutes or less of actual pushing once I had the catheter. silver1 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513752 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:46:28 +0000 silver1 1513752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ About 6 hours from when first contraction started until LO was born. I got an epidural though and labored down so it might have been even quicker without that. wonderstruck on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513684 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:14:42 +0000 wonderstruck 1513684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 25 hours, although it ended in a c-section, so who knows how much longer it would've gone on! anonysquire on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513424 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:41:37 +0000 anonysquire 1513424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Well if we're going by when my water broke it would be like 28 hrs from water breaking to baby born. But my labor disnt start til almost 24 hours later. So from when contractions started til baby born was 7 hours. Honeygold89 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1513413 Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:55:15 +0000 Honeygold89 1513413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 21 hours of active labor MrsB2012 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1512157 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:04:59 +0000 MrsB2012 1512157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My water broke naturally at 8am. Contractions started about an hour / hour and a half later. She was born at 150pm. So just under 6 hours from water breaking, around 4.5/5 hours after contractions started. avivoca on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1512102 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:54:02 +0000 avivoca 1512102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 15 hours from first contraction to delivery. Nine hours from when they got painful to delivery. danda on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1512028 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:32:39 +0000 danda 1512028@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mae: My mom was in labor with me 25 hours, so it's not genetics! I did exercise all through pregnancy, and my friend has a theory that keeping fit during pregnancy helps (no idea if this is true!). I also drank red raspberry leaf tea a bit in third trimester (much less than what is recommended) so no idea if that played a role. TMI alert- My periods are generally pretty long and heavy so perhaps my uterus is used to working hard? indi on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1512020 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:29:26 +0000 indi 1512020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Water broke at 8am Friday and she was delivered via c-section around 11:30 on Monday, so 75 hours?! Contractions started around 1pm on Friday, though, so I only had 70 hours of those to deal with. ;-p My experience is SO not the norm, so I don't even tell my expecting FTM friends until they've delivered. ElbieKay on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511995 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:23:39 +0000 ElbieKay 1511995@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Water broke at 10pm Tuesday. Contractions started at 2am Wednesday and were immediately hard. Got to the hospital at around 9 or 10am Wednesday. Labored until 7pm and finally got an epidural. Started pushing just after midnight on Thursday. He was born at 12:57am Thursday. So, 27 from my water breaking, 23 from the first contraction. BabyBoecksMom on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511953 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:10:58 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1511953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 8 hours from water breaking to delivery. bushelandapeck on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511932 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:05:17 +0000 bushelandapeck 1511932@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 24 hours from the time my water broke but only 6 hours from when I was started on pitocin and had LO. I had PROM and wasn't having any contractions when my water broke. sorrycharlie on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511927 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:03:14 +0000 sorrycharlie 1511927@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Mae: haha! well, for sure a short laboring mom. she had me within 14 min of arriving to the hospital. her dr induced her with my brother to avoid an accidental home birth! i tried everything in the book, and LO came on her due date. the only thing that MIGHT have helped was the evening primrose oil (I took vaginally and orally) and maybe the exercise ball? I lived on that thing the last month because I was in so much pain! Mae on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511799 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:32:52 +0000 Mae 1511799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @danda: @sorrycharlie: More awesomely short labors! Any hint as to why it might have been that way? Do you come from short laboring families? Lol or just won the labor lottery? :) sorrycharlie on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511788 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:29:27 +0000 sorrycharlie 1511788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Water broke at 5? Contractions started 5:30 Fully dilated 830 Labored down and then started pushing at 9? born 9:27 Bookish on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511785 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:28:39 +0000 Bookish 1511785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Water broke about 6am, LO was born at 11:47pm the same day. Almost 18 hours. danda on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511778 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:26:32 +0000 danda 1511778@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My contractions didn't really get painful until after we were at the hospital (and even then I never felt they were too bad), and DD was born 3 hours after we got there. I won the L&D lottery as far as pain and length of labor though. coopsmama on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511760 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:22:32 +0000 coopsmama 1511760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 36 hours from active labor to delivery. I had an epidural for the last 5.5-6 hours which actually helped to speed up the process. My midwives said that labor would have taken a bit more time without it, yikes! HLK208 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511747 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:18:07 +0000 HLK208 1511747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 8 hours. My water broke at 6:30am, I was admitted at 8:30am, dilated to 10 at noon and then pushed for 2 hours and 30 minutes. loveisstrange on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511733 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:15:55 +0000 loveisstrange 1511733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My water broke at 11:30pm on April 1st. She was born at 7:30pm on April 3rd. So, 45 hours. Im a strange case though. My water broke, I didn't go into labor, they made me wait 24 hours and then induced me. I think my "active labor" was 15.5 hours. creativemomma15 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first/page/2#post-1511717 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:11:40 +0000 creativemomma15 1511717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Water broke at 5:45 am, was fully dilated at 9:50am but DS was breech so we were rushed for a csection and he was born at 10:20 am mdf106 on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first#post-1511698 Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:07:03 +0000 mdf106 1511698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ 12 hours from water breaking. I think it would have been quicker, but my epidural stalled labor. Pushing was 1.5 hours. PurplePeony on "If you went into labor naturally with your first…." https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-went-into-labor-naturally-with-your-first#post-1509283 Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:00:52 +0000 PurplePeony 1509283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A little less than 7 hours from the time my water broke to DD's entrance into the world! Contractions started about an hour after my water broke, got fast and regular but not overly painful pretty quickly, then really intense for about 45 minutes, and then I pushed for 2 hours.